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The third time wasn’t the charm either. Italy adds a new historic disappointment and is left without a ticket for the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada next summer after falling in the penalty shootout against Bosnia after tying 1-1 in regulation time (4-1). The other three UEFA teams that will also be at the World Cup are T\u00fcrkiye, Sweden and the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n
The ‘Azzurra’ have not attended the World Cup since 2014 and have not passed a group stage since 2006. They will, therefore, be at least 16 years that the four-time champion<\/strong> of the world does not attend the big event. The failures of Pio Esposito and Cristante from the penalty spot condemned the possibility of classification.<\/p>\n Bosnians, Swedes, Turks and Czechs secured the last UEFA tickets for that World Cup with the United States, Mexico and Canada, smiling in the finals of the four play-offs. In Zenica, on the grass of the Bilino Polje Stadium, the ‘Azzurra’ took the lead after a quarter of an hour with a right hand from Moise Kean from the balcony of the area and which took flight until entering. <\/p>\n However, Alessandro Bastoni was sent off shortly before half-time and that affected the second half of the match. The insistence of the locals was rewarded in the 79th minute, when Haris Tabakovic scored the rebound from point-blank range <\/strong>one stop from Gianluigi Donnarumma. With no change in the score after extra time, the penalty shootout decided the winner of this Playoff A. <\/p>\n While Bosnia did score its first four shots from the fateful point of 11 meters, in Italy first Pio Esposito and then Bryan Cristante failed, thus leaving the transalpine team without attending a World Cup for the third consecutive time. <\/p>\n In Playoff B, at the Strawberry Arena in Solna, the locals opened the scoring in the 19th minute with a beautiful goal from Anthony Elanga: a powerful left footed shot inside the area after a backheel pass from Yasin Ayari. Nicola Zalewski equalized in the 33rd minute, in an attack on the left wing that he himself guided and culminated with a changed foot shot, whose bounce was saved by the rival goalkeeper. <\/p>\n Before the break, Gustaf Lagerbielke made it 2-1 with a header from a free kick<\/strong>but Poland tied the score again in the 55th minute thanks to Karol Swiderski, following a side-to-side play and where he finished off a pass from Zalewski from close range. However, in the final stretch he hunted Viktor Gy\u00f6keres un ballon tras un barullo<\/strong> and tied the Swedish ticket for the World Cup. <\/p>\n Furthermore, at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Pristina, the small territory of Kosovo was on the verge of playing in its first World Cup. The team led by the vermilion Vedat Muriqi lost the final of Playoff C due to its narrow defeat after the gol turco de Kerem Akturkoglu en el 53<\/strong>‘. <\/p>\n Finally, the Playoff D final was held at the Epet ARENA in Prague. Pavel Sulc made it 1-0 almost as soon as the duel began and Joachim Andersen forced extra time with the 1-1 score in the 72nd minute with a pass from Mikkel Damsgaard. Already in that extra time, Ladislav Krejci put the Czech Republic ahead again and Kasper Hogh immediately responded with the second Danish goal. <\/p>\n In the shootout, Denmark began by failing because of Rasmus Hojlund and was already in tow from then on, even without having taken advantage of the fact that Krejci missed one of the Czech shots. Thus, Mathias Jensen missed the visitors’ fourth shot and Michal Sadilek did hit the home team’s fourth shot to certify their ticket to the World Cup. Czech Republic two decades later<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The third time wasn’t the charm either. 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